community / community.vmware / 0.4.0 / module / vmware_host_config_manager Manage advanced system settings of an ESXi host Authors: Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde) preview | supported by communitycommunity.vmware.vmware_host_config_manager (0.4.0) — module
Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware:==0.4.0
collections: - name: community.vmware version: 0.4.0
This module can be used to manage advanced system settings of an ESXi host when ESXi hostname or Cluster name is given.
- name: Manage Log level setting for all ESXi hosts in given Cluster vmware_host_config_manager: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' cluster_name: cluster_name options: 'Config.HostAgent.log.level': 'info' delegate_to: localhost
- name: Manage Log level setting for an ESXi host vmware_host_config_manager: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}' options: 'Config.HostAgent.log.level': 'verbose' delegate_to: localhost
- name: Manage multiple settings for an ESXi host vmware_host_config_manager: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}' options: 'Config.HostAgent.log.level': 'verbose' 'Annotations.WelcomeMessage': 'Hello World' 'Config.HostAgent.plugins.solo.enableMob': false delegate_to: localhost
port: default: 443 description: - The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(VMWARE_PORT) will be used instead. - Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. type: int options: default: {} description: - A dictionary of advanced system settings. - Invalid options will cause module to error. - Note that the list of advanced options (with description and values) can be found by running `vim-cmd hostsvc/advopt/options`. type: dict hostname: description: - The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(VMWARE_HOST) will be used instead. - Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. type: str password: aliases: - pass - pwd description: - The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(VMWARE_PASSWORD) will be used instead. - Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. type: str username: aliases: - admin - user description: - The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(VMWARE_USER) will be used instead. - Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. type: str proxy_host: description: - Address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. - The format is a hostname or a IP. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(VMWARE_PROXY_HOST) will be used instead. - This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12 required: false type: str proxy_port: description: - Port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(VMWARE_PROXY_PORT) will be used instead. required: false type: int cluster_name: description: - Name of the cluster. - Settings are applied to every ESXi host in given cluster. - If C(esxi_hostname) is not given, this parameter is required. type: str esxi_hostname: description: - ESXi hostname. - Settings are applied to this ESXi host. - If C(cluster_name) is not given, this parameter is required. type: str validate_certs: default: true description: - Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to C(false) when certificates are not trusted. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS) will be used instead. - Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. - If set to C(yes), please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine. type: bool